Pressing of fabrics



A. D. HEATON El AL PRESSING OF FABRICS Nov. 13, 1928. 1 1,691,476

Filed Sept. 17, 1927 AX m.

Patented Nov. 13, 1928.

ARNOLD DOUGLAS nna'ron AND JOHN oBAnIAii LANG, or LIVERSEDGE, ENGLAND.

PRESSING F FABRICS."

Application file'd' September 17, 1927, Serial no. 220,127, and in aBritain September 18, 1926.

Our invention relates to apparatus for 71G'SS1I1 'teXtile fabrics of theclass in WlllCll press papers are inserted between folds a pile offabric which is s'ubJected to pres-" papers, is formed in a paperingapparatus and is then placed into the press. After the pressing has beenperformed, the pile is re moved fromthe press and returned to thepapering apparatus for removal. of the papers, or to enable the fabricto be turned that is to say to have the papersinserted in new positionsso that the edges of the folds, which were left unpressedby'the first operation, may be pressed by a second operation.

A plant of this description is necessarily costly and occupiesconsiderable floor space,

lug tables 0, 0' will preferably besuch, in

and whilst such a plant may be usefuland practicable when largequantities of' goods are to be dealt with, considerations of c'ostmilitate against its installationin comparatively small establishments.

The object of the presentinvention is to provide a pressing plantparticularly'well suited to the handling of relatively small quantitiesof fabrics and which, by reason.

of its cheapness and compactness as coinpared with the present plants,will warrant its installation in cases where the cost and size of one ofthe present plants are prohibitive.

A plant according to the invention is characterized in that paperingapparatus and a press are combined to form, as it were,

a single machine, the insertion of the papers and their removal beingperformed on the platform of the press itself. That is, we

' believe, an entirely new departure in the art of fabric pressing. Itnot only reduces the cost of installation and the amount of floor spaceoccupied, but it enables the labour re quired to be reduced to aminimum.

A plant according to the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, to which reference will now be made.

In the drawing, a represents the table of a vertical press of suitableconstruction, and b the top plate or head of the press.

level, which is indicated at it.

According to the invention there is disposed at each side of the press avertically movable table 0 or 0 to receive the press yaoers. Thesetables are shown as bein capable of being moved hydraulically by meansof plungers d, (1 working. in hydraulic cylinders e, e, but they may bemovablelby rack and pinion gearing, or byworm or other gearing as maybepreferred. The tables 0, 0-, are shown as being controlled separately byhandles 7', f, but'they may be geared or otherwise suitably connected tomove in unison, if "this arrangement is preferred' The two tables areloca'ted, as shown, to wards theupper endof the press, the lift of theplatform or table a; of which is determined by 1 the; maximum quantityor bulk of fabric to be treated at one-operation;

Centrally of the top plate b'of the press a roller 9 is provided overwhich the fabric l? is led, such roller being detachably supported sothat it may be removedwhen the press platform has been charged.

The permissible lift of the paper-carryrelation to that of the pressplatform, as to accommodate on each table one half of the quantity *of'papers required for, the maximum charge of the press, the papers beinginserted alternately from the ave tables in the usual manner. As thedepth of the paper pile decreases, the tables are gradually raised andthepress platform gradually lowered, so as to keep the top of the paperpiles and the top of the fabric piles substantially level and at aconvenient working heightfor the operatives above the floor lVhen thedesired length of fabric has been run in and papered, the top centralguide roller 9 is removed and the fabric is pressed for the desiredtime. After pressing, the platform is lowered sufficiently to permit ofthe rein s ertion of the central guide roller, and the end of the fabricis led out over said roller and through the feed device, the latterbeing now run in the reverse direction. The paper-receiving tables 0, care positioned somewhat below the level of the top of the fabric pileand as the fabric is drawn off the papers are thrown out alternatelyfirst onto one table and then on to the other, the press platform beinggradually raised as the depth of the fabric pile decreases and the papertables being gradually lowered as the depth of the eject ed papers1ncreases.

The actual construction and arrangement of the machine will varyaccording to circumstances. A convenient arrangement 18 that illustratedin the drawing, that is to say the press fonndationvb is sunk below thefloor level it, and thepaper tables are supported on a staging orframework It rising'from the. foundation, so that the working level ofthe tables may be at a suitable height above. the floor. The papertables may, asshown, be guided vertically at their inner sides by thetie rods b Z2 of the press, and attheir outer sides by vertical guides mm extending up from brackets or sup-- port it n resting on the staging7c and carrying the cylinders e e in which the plungers of the papertables work. r

lVe do not, however, desire to limit ourselves to this, or in-fact toany, particular arrangement or construction, or to any particular meansfor operating the paper tables,

heating paperswhich, in known manner,

may be interspersed at intervals in the fabric pile and connected to asuitable source of electric supply for heating the fabric prior to andduring the pressing operation.

Having thus describedour invention, What we claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patent is v 1. A fabric pressing apparatus comprismg apresshavlng a top plate and a verti- V cally movable table below the topplate for pressing folded fabric between said table and plate, incombination with paper carrying means adjacent to the press near saidtop plate, so that press papers on sa d means may be conveniently placedin the folds of 1 the fabric as it is folded in a pile on the tablewhile the table is descending.

2 A fabric pressing apparatus according to claim 1 and including afabric guide re inovablysupported below said top plate in vorder toguide the fabric when the fabric, is

folded. ina pile on said table adapted to be removed when the foldedfabrlc sto be pressed between said plate and table.

v3. A fabric pressing apparatuscompris ing a press having a top plateand a verti cally movabletable below the top plate for pressing foldedfabric between said table and plate, in combination with verticallymovable paper carrying tables at opposite sides of the press near saidtop plate, so that presspapers onthe second named tables may beconveniently placed in the folds of the;

fabric as it isffolded in a pile on the press table while saidpresstableis descending.

4. A fabric pressing apparatus according to claim 3 andincluding theremovable fabric guide belowsaidtop plate for guiding the fabric as itis folded in a pile on the press table and adapted to be removed toenable the folded fabric to be pressed between the press table and topplate.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

ARNOLD DOUGLAS HEATON, JOHN OBADIAH LANG, j

